The American Craft Council (ACC) held its 12th national conference, "Present Tense" at Kaneko in Omaha earlier this month. The conference featured panel and plenary presentations by artists and arts professionals on a…
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CERF+ is thrilled to announce that its upcoming Los Angeles area magic show, Molten Glass Magic, has attracted $10,000 in sponsorship from businesses, organizations, artists, and individuals around the country.

Molten Glass Magic will be an evening of fun and spectacle featuring the dazzling Eddie "The Great Flambeau"…
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Artists, arts administrators and emergency management professionals participated in CERF+’s Artist Responder Training and focus group held at the Vermont Arts Council in early September. During the two-hour gathering, artists learned…
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This week, Executive Director Cornelia Carey was one of 22 cultural sector leaders, funders, and emergency preparedness experts invited to exchange key points of view that will benefit individual and collective practices in preparedness, recovery, and resiliency at the National…
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Join us in welcoming Jenifer Simon who joined the CERF+ staff on March 28 as Director of Programs and Communication. Jenifer brings more than 16 years of experience as an arts administrator, educator, evaluator, researcher, and training and development specialist for the public and private…
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In this third data snapshot from CERF+’s national research about the status of U.S. craft artists, we examine a highly-charged subject that comes down to one word: Craft. Do you identify with…
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Thanks to a generous grant from Corning Incorporated Foundation, CERF+ has just released a new series of short videos drawn from interviews conducted over the past few years with disaster-affected artists, including: glass artists Kevin and Mary Ellen Buxton-Kutch, Alison Ruzsa, and…
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